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Dryad invites current members, prospective members, and other interested parties to attend the Annual Membership Meeting in Oxford, UK on the 24th of May. This is the first open meeting of the newly incorporated organization and will be the last membership meeting before the introduction of deposit fees in September. Attendees will learn about recent developments, get a preview of upcoming features, have a say in the governance of the organization, and weigh in on topics of relevance to the future of Dryad, its members and partner journals. Speakers scheduled to present emerging issues include:
- Marianne Bamkin of JoRD – Model journal policies and implementation
- Jonathan Tedds of PREPARDE – Review of data associated with publications
- Simon Hodson of JISC – The use of grant funds for data archiving costs
- Sarah Callaghan of the CODATA-ICSTI Task Group on Data Citation – Data citation principles
- Martin Fenner of PLOS ALM – Tracking data usage and impact
- Eefke Smit of STM – The how and why of repository certification
- Susanna Assunta-Sansone of ISA and BioSharing – Helping researchers to collect, curate, analyse, share and publish data.
- Bill Michener of DataONE – Relevance of the DataNet program to Dryad
The Membership Meeting will cap off a series of exciting events spotlighting trends in scholarly communication and research data:
- “The Now and Future of Data Publishing“ on 22 May – A daylong program featuring new initiatives and current issues in data publishing. Organized by the JISC together with a range of organizations including BioSharing, DataONE, STM and Wiley-Blackwell.
- The ORCID Outreach meeting on the morning of 23 May and ORCID CodeFest from 23-24 May
- A joint Dryad-ORCID Symposium on Research Attribution on the afternoon of 23 May. The symposium will address the changing culture and technology of how credit is assigned and tracked for data, software, and other research outputs. Keynote speakers Johanna McEntyre (Europe PubMed Central) and David DeRoure (Oxford eResearch Centre) will be joined by panelists Liz Allen (Wellcome Trust), Christine Borgmann (UCLA), Martin Fenner (PLOS), Neil Chue Hong (Software Sustainability Institute), Trish Groves (BMJ), John Kaye (British Library) and moderator Cameron Neylon (PLOS) to address the many faces of the issue.
You may register for events separately here and here through May 13th. A block of rooms has been set aside at the Malmaison Hotel; enter corporate code OXER900 to receive a discounted rate. Please consult the Dryad membership meeting website closer to the event if you are interested in viewing the webcast.
We hope to see you there!
